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CIG E-Forum on Getting Started in Cataloguing

Join us for our next e-forum, to be held on Tuesday 25th & Wednesday 26th November 2014. Hosted by the Cataloguing & Indexing Group (CIG) of CILIP, and co-moderated by Esther Arens from the University of Leicester, Helen Doyle from the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, and Bernadette O’Reilly from the Bodleian Libraries, this e-forum is free and open to everyone!

CIG is often asked for advice and guidance on ‘how to get into cataloguing’. How do I get the experience to apply for jobs, when I need the jobs to give me the experience? What skills do I need? How do I keep my knowledge up-to-date? Just what are managers looking for? This CIG hosted e-forum will provide a platform to ask questions, share experiences, raise concerns, and give advice.

Topics to be covered include
‘ Recruiting and applying for jobs
‘ Obtaining core skills and keeping up to date
‘ Obtaining specialist skills
‘ Alternative/unusual career paths and other options

The discussion will allow those new to cataloguing to ask questions and hear the experiences of more-established professionals. We would especially encourage anyone who is already working in the sector to participate – managers, team leaders, cataloguers who train, metadata workers with unusual career paths, etc.

*What is a CIG e-forum?*

A CIG e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate with other participants through an email discussion. E-forums are scheduled to last two days. Registration is necessary to participate, but it’s free and open to both members and non-members of CIG.

*Details*

The e-forum takes place on Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th November 2014.